Today was a really huge day for the riders. It was a 135 kms day with two passes to
climb. Before lunch they had a 35 kms
section of pavement and then a 15 kms climb to a around 6300 feet which was a
1500 ft climb followed by a 20 kms section of washed out road which was all
loose boulders. Some of the riders wound
up walking a lot of it.
In the mean time I am driving the big Ford 4X4 van around to
meet up for lunch. I head down the
highway about 40 kms and take the turn and find that the bridge across the Elk River
is out. This means a 45 minute drive around
to Elko where the only other bridge is.
Now I am pressed for time to make it to lunch as I have about 60 kms on
this gravel road which has these huge logging trucks on it. I have to get as far over as possible and
just stop. When they go past there is so
much dust you cannot see 5 feet in front of you for 3 or 4 minutes. I have one of the riders with me has he
decided to sag the first half and it was really great as he was able navigate
for me.
We got to the lunch spot with 15 minutes to spare before the
first rider showed up. It was a
beautiful spot beside the river. Everyone
had a good lunch and was having a great day as it was perfect riding
weather.
After lunch we followed the riders into camp down the road. The riders were actually faster than the van
even though they had a second pass to climb.
It was pretty slow going as they
wanted to let one of the other crew practice with the van as I was leaving the
following day. She was pretty bad and we
didn’t get into camp until around 7:00 Pm.
The Wigwam campground was a pretty basic place with one pit
toilet and no water. However I was glad
to be in as it was a long day. My tent
and sleeping bag were a welcome place to curl up in.
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